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April 2o .-1926- INVENTOR c. D. GRIGGS STAMP .Filed August, 21

www f WITNESS ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED sTATEs CAI;l n. Games, or; WESTON, WEST' vIReINIA.

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Application filed August 2.1, 1925. Serial No. V51,651.

To all fwwm t may concern:

Be it known that'I, CARL D. GRIGGs, a citizen of the United States, residing at wWeston, in the county of Lewis and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stamps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the provision of a handstamp in which desired data is stencilled through a tough sheet of suitable material, the said sheet surrounding an ink containing pad which is housed in the frame in a manner to permit of the stencil sheet projecting beyond the frame, and wherein the means that holds the pad and sheet in the frame is adjustable so that the pad may be compressed to force ink therefrom on the stencil sheet in desired quantities.

The invention further consists in certain other novel details of construction, combination and operative association of parts, a satisfactory embodiment of which is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the frame of my improvement.

Figure 2 is an approximately central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the improvement.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

The frame of my improvement is preferably constructed of light metal, such as aluminum, and is also preferably of rectangular shape. The inner walls of the frame are straight but the outer walls are beveled, or inclined from the lower to adjacent the upper edges thereof. Thus the lower or upper edges of the frame are reduced. The frame 1 at its said upper edges has its sides and one of its ends formed with upstanding outer flanges-2 which define inner shoulders 3. The flanged end of the frame has an upstanding boss 4 provided with an angle slot 5. Hinged to the non-flanged end of the frame, between the side flanges thereof, there is the cover plate 6. The plate is provided centrally with an outstanding knob or handle 7, and has pivoted adjacent to its free end a latch member 8.v The latch is operated by an offset handle 9 and is in the' nature of a plate whose outer edge is beveled. This end of the latch is designed to be received in the slot 5 and it will be apparent that by moving the latch in thesaid slot Vthe cover plate 6 will be swung toward or away from the shoulders 3. The ink holding pad is of the usual construction, and is indicated by the numeral 10. The pad is of a size to snugly be received in the frame, but is of a thickness greater than the distance between the shoulders 3 and the outer reduced edgey of the frame. The absorbent pad is suitably inked and has arranged around its outer face, its sides and ends, a thin sheet' of line textured cloth 11. On the upper face of the pad there is a thin wooden strip 12 and over this strip there is arranged an aluminum plate 13. The plate 13 is of a. size to rest on the shoulders 3. Arranged aroundthe outer face'of the pad and cloth 11, as well as around the sides, the under face and outer edges of the plate 13 there is a sheet of tough paper or the like, indicated by the numeral 14. The edges of this paper overlie the top of the aluminum sheet 13. The outer face of the paper is stencilled by cutting openings therethrough, so that the data to be conveyed by the stamp may be printed by forcing the stamp against a surface in the usual manner.

The cover j plate 6 is closedr and forces the pad holding sheet lfl'against the shoulders 3. By actuating the latch 8 in a manner as above described 'a further pressure by the cover plate will be exerted on the aluminum plate and from thence delivered on the pad 10 so that kink will be squeezed from the pad through the apertured or stenciled sheet 14 as occasion requires.

The simplicity of the construct-ion and. advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate, when the foregoing is read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. A stamp of the class describedincluding a frame having a continuous shoulder in the upper portion thereof, a hinged cover plate for closingsaid top of kthe frame, latching means for the closure movable to force said closure inwardly of the frame, an ink carrying pad in the frame and projecting. through the open .end thereof, a closely woven fabric cloth arranged around thev pad, a stenciled sheet arranged around the pad, a yieldable plate resting on the shoulder of the frame directly below and in contact with the closure, disposed over,

in contacting engagement with the pad and around Whose outer surfaces the ends of the stencil sheet are received.

2. A stamp of the class described, including a frame having a continuous shoulder in the upper portion thereof, a hinged cover plate 'for closing said top of the frame, latching means for the Vclosure movable to force said closure inwardly of the frame, an absorbent ink containing pad in the frame and projecting through the open end thereof', a thin Wooden plate on the inner tace of the pad7 a thinly Woven fabric sheet surrounding the pad and resting over the Wooden plate, a stencil sheet arranged around the pad, a yieldable plate arranged directly above the Wooden plate7 resting on the shoulder of the frame, receiving thc stencil sheet around the edges thereof, and in contacting engagement with the closure, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

CARL D. GRIGGS. 

